Practical Discipleship

I have chosen to write books that will resource the local church as well as families.  The local church always needs more Biblical counseling related books to help us disciple one another well.  Parents need resources that help them to better teach and train their children in God’s Word.  I want to write books that are practical as well as theological, under the broad umbrella of the ongoing discipleship of God’s people.

Road Talk

  • Take advantage of drive time to start a meaningful discussion with your kids about God, Scriptures, and living the Christian life with Road Talk.  Each of the ninety-nine entries focuses on a passage from Romans through Colossians. 1 Thessalonians through Hebrews (volume 2) followed by five short but compelling questions to quick-start conversation and reflection.

  • Take advantage of drive time to start a meaningful discussion with your kids about God, Scriptures, and living the Christian life with Road Talk.  Each of the ninety-nine entries focuses on a passage from 1 Thessalonians through Hebrews.

  • Take advantage of drive time to start a meaningful discussion with your kids about God, Scriptures, and living the Christian life with Road Talk.  Each of the ninety-nine entries focuses on a passage from Hebrews through 1 John.

Meal Talk

  • Make the dinner table a time to savor and feed on God’s Word with rich, satisfying conversations. Each of the ninety-nine entries focuses on a passage from Psalms or Proverbs followed by five short but compelling questions to quick-start conversation and reflection.

  • In Meal Talk, biblical counselor and author, John Kwasny, has used the same format as in his popular Road Talk now to bring meaningful discussions about God, Scripture, and the Christian life to the family table. Each of the ninety-nine entries focuses on a passage from Psalms or Proverbs followed by five short but compelling questions to quick-start conversation and reflection.

Children's Ministry 101: A Covenantal Approach to Next-Generation Ministry

  • Children's ministry is different than childcare. It's partnering with parents. It's modeling the joy of our faith and shepherding the hearts of little ones, who desperately need Jesus. It's founded in a rich theology, and it's growing the next generation of the leaders of the church. Children's Ministry is a high calling, so, where do you start? It can be daunting! Children's Ministry 101 is a resource for those new to ministering to children and even those with years of experience. Foundational and practical, the 18 lessons will equip you with a covenantal philosophy for ministering to children and walk you through how to apply the theory to your church's unique needs. With real life examples, recommended resources, and how-to's from the ground up to help you grow your church's ministry. Topics -Where to begin -How to set your mission -Choosing curriculum -Teaching with passion and purpose -Serving and protecting all children -Training worshippers -Grounding ministry with compassion in the covenant -Relating to leadership

Learn it. Love it. Live it. Teach it!

  • With engaging narratives and rich biblical truths, these 365 daily devotionals for kids ages 8-13 focus on scripture passages from Genesis to Revelation. The questions at the end of each day’s entry are designed to challenge young readers to learn God’s truths, to love them, and then to go and live out these truths every day. The “Teach It” questions provide a way for readers and their families to discuss God’s Word and think more deeply together about living as followers of Christ. Whether reading and studying as a family or on your own, developing the daily habit of learning God’s Word, loving God’s Word, living God’s Word, and teaching God’s Word will set an example for your children to follow for years to come.

Pursuing a Heart of Wisdom: Counseling Teenagers Biblically.

  • Written for high school and college students, this small book deals with the problem of depression through a Biblical lens. Perfect for youth ministry leaders to have on hand for their youth group students, or for college ministry leaders as well.

A Student's Guide to Depression.

  • Children's ministry is different than childcare. It's partnering with parents. It's modeling the joy of our faith and shepherding the hearts of little ones, who desperately need Jesus. It's founded in a rich theology, and it's growing the next generation of the leaders of the church. Children's Ministry is a high calling, so, where do you start? It can be daunting! Children's Ministry 101 is a resource for those new to ministering to children and even those with years of experience. Foundational and practical, the 18 lessons will equip you with a covenantal philosophy for ministering to children and walk you through how to apply the theory to your church's unique needs. With real life examples, recommended resources, and how-to's from the ground up to help you grow your church's ministry. Topics -Where to begin -How to set your mission -Choosing curriculum -Teaching with passion and purpose -Serving and protecting all children -Training worshippers -Grounding ministry with compassion in the covenant -Relating to leadership

Suffering in 3-D: Connecting the Church to Disease, Disability, and Disorder

  • Suffering in 3-D is a book to guide and encourage ordinary believers to get practically involved in meaningful relational ministry to all who are suffering.

    As Christians, we are not to walk alone in our suffering, or inadvertently force others to deal with personal suffering on their own. The church, as a spiritual hospital, the family of God, and a discipleship culture, is to be one-minded and spiritually passionate about its charge to connect to those who suffer in the midst. It is called to properly deal with the many obstacles to right grace-based relationships with all those who suffer and ultimately, not just tolerating or enduring sufferers in its midst, but welcoming, pursuing, and embracing them as full members of the body of Christ.

    As you work through this book, you will be guided and inspired to engage in a holistic and practical ministry to those who suffer with disease, disability, and disorder.

ChristianU: Freshman Year: Memoirs of a 1980's Christian University Student

  • Christian U: Freshman Year is a day-by-day memoir of a 1980's Christian university student. John Kwasny came to Oral Roberts University in 1984 from the south suburbs of Chicago as incoming Freshman. He was ready to get far from his tumultuous home and start a fresh chapter in his life. He had a lot to learn about who God is, who he was, and how to relate to other people. John also needed to find his purpose and the calling God had on his life. His Freshman year became much more than just an academic pursuit at a medium-sized Christian university, It grew this young man spiritually, emotionally, and relationally--through the ups and downs of college life.